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.TH jwhois 1 local
.SH NAME
jwhois \- client for the whois service
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ll +8
.B whois
.RB
[
.I "OPTIONS"
]...
[
.I "QUERY"
]
.ll -8
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I jwhois
searches Whois servers for the object on the command line.

The host to query is taken from a global configuration file,
a configuration file specified on the command line, or selected
directly on the command line.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \--version
display version, authors and licensing information
.TP
.B \--help
display a short help text
.TP
.B \-c FILE --config=FILE
uses FILE as a configuration file instead of the default
.TP
.B \-h HOST --host=HOST
overrides any hosts in the configuration file and queries HOST directly
.TP
.B \-p PORT --port=PORT
specifies a port number to use when querying a HOST
.TP
.B \-v --verbose
outputs verbose debugging information while running
.TP
.B \-f --force-lookup
forces a query to be made to a host even if the object is stored in cache
.TP
.B \-d --disable-cache
completely disable both reading and writing to cache
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
whois(1)
